Radiocarbon dating, stable isotope analysis, and Diet-derived offsets in 14C ages from the Klin-yar site, Russian North Caucasus

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2010

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Higham, Thomas F. G.
Warren, Rebecca
Belinskij, Andrej
Harke, Heinrich
Wood, Rachel

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University of Arizona

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The influence of geothermally derived carbon on the radiocarbon dating of human bone from archaeological sites is poorly understood and has rarely been rigorously examined. This study identifies a previously unknown reservoir effect at the archaeological

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Keywords: archaeological evidence; bone; carbon isotope; chronology; diet; isotopic analysis; paleontology; protein; radiocarbon dating; reservoir; stable isotope; Caucasus; Animalia; Ungulata

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Radiocarbon

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2037-12-31